Addressing a press conference after the CWC meet at the party headquarters, spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said: "Rahul Gandhi offered to resign during the CWC meeting but the members of the committee in unison asked him to lead the party in the challenging conditions."

The report, which also focussed on wealth, education and other details of MLAs, said 24 legislators (75 per cent) declared Rs 10 crore plus wealth. 15 MLAs of the SDF and 11 of the SKM have Rs 1 crore plus with assets. SDF's Dilliram Thapa has declared over Rs 67 crore wealth.

The Trinamool, which had won 34 seats in the general elections five years back, saw its number drastically slashed to 22 this time, amid a saffron surge that gave the Bharatiya Janata Party an unprecedented 18 seats. The BJP had won only two seats in 2014.